News Topic: Hedge Funds

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she prefers to have the Financial Stability Oversight Council flag hazardous activities by nonbanks rather than subject specific firms to heightened supervision. ]] ... Read full article

Banks weren't involved in the trading frenzy, but some observers say the regulatory response should address risks to all financial institutions. ... Read full article

Regulators already finalized a rollback of the proprietary trading ban section of the rule but signaled then that their overhaul was not finished. ... Read full article

The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule. ... Read full article

Attempts to roll back a safeguard on derivatives would give megabanks a $40 billion windfall, putting taxpayers on the hook. ... Read full article

The company protects digital assets with hardware-based security, biometrics and quorums. Hedge funds are already signing on. ... Read full article

Data scientists from NASA, Google and hundreds of other places are working for financial firms in their spare time. Is this a good idea? ... Read full article

The funds have brought in record amounts thanks to lowered fees and more salespeople; ex-Goldman managing director says in suit he was blamed for trades. ... Read full article

As a House staffer, Dino Falaschetti tried to repeal Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. He should not be put in charge of it. ... Read full article

The Swiss bank allegedly hired Chinese officials’ friends and relatives to win business; JPM asked “several dozen” employees to consider moving from London. ... Read full article

State-level support will give the digital assets industry much needed footing, said Caitlin Long, a former managing director at Morgan Stanley. ... Read full article

As they cement major partnerships, launch overseas operations and court banks and other institutional investors, top cryptocurrency exchanges now see regulatory approval as a competitive advantage. ... Read full article

Dizzying trading in bitcoin fed the bubble argument, but now that Nasdaq is the third Wall Street player to say it is designing a financial instrument around it, banks may be forced to reassess cryptocurrencies. ... Read full article